Wisconsin to decide future of noncitizen voting in November ballot referendum
Threads of Change
Harris comes home to Madison
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Catherine McKenzie
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Beth Welch
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Ashley Idna
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Fox Coenen
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Steve Whayland
Wisconsin to decide future of noncitizen voting in November ballot referendum
A Wisconsin ballot referendum could amend the state constitution, closing the door on political debates concerning noncitizen voting in local elections. For the past couple
Threads of Change
Quilts weren’t the only thing being sewn at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, as local nonprofits were also sewing seeds of equality at the event
Harris comes home to Madison
Any good Badger knows how to Jump Around. On Friday evening the Madison community jumped around again — but it wasn’t on a game day,
Madison Commons is helping Community Shares of Wisconsin celebrate its annual Change Makers award winners. Check out our Voices of Madison Nonprofits page to read
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Catherine McKenzie
For the past seven years, Community Shares Backyard Hero Catherine McKenzie has volunteered with the Sierra Club of Wisconsin, but she has always found solace
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Beth Welch
Before Beth Welch started her many volunteer endeavors across Madison and her current job in social services at Options in Community Living, she was set
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Ashley Idna
While taking time off work in 2019 to spend quality time with her young children, Lincoln and Maya, Ashley Idna began volunteering at their school
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Fox Coenen
Throughout high school, Fox Coenen led their school’s gay-straight alliance, which is how they discovered GSAFE, the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools. They said
Community Shares Backyard Hero: Steve Whayland
After Steve Whayland moved with his wife to Madison in 1995 to work in engineering and landscape architecture, it wasn’t long before he became interested
The Tower’s gift: Erin Gilbert’s ascension to Reiki
A seasoned Reiki practitioner with decades of experience, Erin Gilbert, 48, has touched the lives of hundreds of clients. At the same time, Reiki, a
